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[-] jaemo@sh.itjust.works 62 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The real joke is that the Trump campaign is tripping over itself now to disavow this message. Meanwhile it's come to light that this "comedian" was going to drop a c-bomb in his material in reference to Kamala, but the Trump campaign told him to remove it, and he complied.

Meaning they vetted the material and were a-fuckin'-ok with garbage island, only to later lie more and try to backpedal.

They're not even good at lying, kids.

Edit: spelling

[-] Sarmyth@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago

I'm still baffled by the logic of having a roaster/crowd work guy doing a set at a convention. Like... he was gonna insult people and start shit. It's literally his job.

He's not my cup of tea, but he's been around and successful for a while now. He's not an unknown entity who they could claim acted unpredictable.

[-] SupahRevs@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago

Eminem spoke at a Harris rally. But he's an adult who cares about people and expects as much from his government.

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[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 9 points 3 days ago
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[-] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago

I used to know someone who is half Puerto Rican, her dad is a marine, her mom is full PR. And they are ALL hardcore right wingers.

Even they wouldn't switch votes after this.

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 14 points 3 days ago

"Surely he didn't mean me, he meant those other sons of bitches who happen to look like me." - Idiots practicing idiot logic.

[-] Rawdogthatexe@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago

"Must have confused us with Mexicans again. Damn Mexicans!"

[-] beebarfbadger@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago
[-] atempuser23@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

No it is not. Guaranteed Trump Puerto Rican voters agree. They just think it's the other Puerto Ricians that are making it that way.

[-] stringere@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 days ago

Puerto Rican voters

Does someone else want to tell atempuser23?

[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Good thing there's only 5 million people who once lived in Puerto Rico in the 50 states and hundreds of thousands in Pennsylvania particularly

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stateside_Puerto_Ricans

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[-] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

How many jokes about Christians or conservatives did he do? Zero?! Why's that? Answer those questions.

[-] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

This isn't even good racism. This is like, 2000s-era ironic racism. Which was about as funny as Holocaust jokes, and aged about as well as Anne Frank.

Where's the hateful, KKK, lynchmob racism? Don't just casually half ass it. Show your real murican colors. Y'all are living like American History X and you give us Wayne Brady on Chapelles Show.

[-] hperrin@lemmy.world 191 points 4 days ago

“It was just a joke!”

Oh, I don’t get it. Can you explain to me what the joke is? Like, can you put into words why you find that funny?

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 35 points 4 days ago

I think it'd be subverting expectations. From the start you might think it's about the Pacific trash island that has collected there, but then it turns the other way and calls Puerto Rico a trash island. A decently funny joke imo, even if rude. I've seen the same joke being done about the UK and it did get a proper chuckle out of me.

[-] taladar@sh.itjust.works 73 points 4 days ago

The main difference is that the UK used to be powerful and did a lot of bad things to a lot of countries around the world. Puerto Rico on the other hand has always been weak so it feels weird for someone in a much more powerful area of the world to pick on them.

[-] cpw@lemmy.ca 60 points 4 days ago

Good comedy can punch up, but very rarely works when punching down. Punching down is generally just bullying in disguise.

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[-] Backlog3231@reddthat.com 31 points 4 days ago

Because it's full of Mexicans 😂🤣😂

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[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 11 points 3 days ago

Racists can not help themselves. If there's a MAGAt in your life, I can pretty much guarantee they'll say some hateful shit at some point...

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[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 66 points 4 days ago

Jfc, they're USA citizens. Ffs.

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[-] Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago

Why even say this? What a useless shitbag.

[-] Illuminostro@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

To them, cruelty is comedy.

[-] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 124 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

They can't vote, so why would they care? Easy targets, no apparent consequences.

Edit: /s

[-] Anachronology@sh.itjust.works 79 points 4 days ago

Except for the millions of Puerto Ricans that live in the Continental US.

[-] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 52 points 4 days ago

Yeah I'm on board, I was attempting some mild satire.

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[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 68 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Puerto Ricans can and do move and there's large numbers of them in swing states. There's 450 thousand just in Pennsylvania

EDIT: also doesn't help that he also said

“These Latinos, they love making babies, too. Just know that they do,” Hinchcliffe said, setting up his joke: “There’s no pulling out. They don’t do that. They c-- inside, just like they did to our country."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/comedian-trump-rally-makes-racist-jokes-latinos-puerto-rico-rcna177514

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[-] sploosh@lemmy.world 26 points 4 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

But... PR is part of the US and is a wonderful place full of kind people. I spent one of the best vacations of my life there going all the way around the island (and Culebra!) and it was nothing but gorgeous views, great food, friendly people (it does help to speak Spanish so you understand how friendly they are) and relaxing days.

And that was when the country was getting rocked by earthquakes and had recently been battered by a few climate-change monster hurricanes. Screw people who hate on PR, that place rocks and is more resilient than your average conservative commentator.

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[-] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 15 points 3 days ago

Because Puerto Ricans can't vote, right ?

[-] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

Taxation without representation? There should be a thing about that

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[-] ButtermilkBiscuit@lemm.ee 69 points 4 days ago

Tony Hinchcliffe is not funny. Watched his podcast for a while then totally abandoned it because I realized I wasn't laughing during most episodes. It's mostly seasoned comics taking cheap shots at amateurs and then saying some racist shit while they all laugh and no one in the audience does. His nasally voice is annoying as fuck and hitching his wagon to the trump train seems pretty on brand for that fuckwit. His comedy brand caters to the same people who really like Joe Rogan and Alex Jones, both regulars on the podcast. Shocking I know.

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[-] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 57 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Tony, Chapelle, and Joe Rogan are actively murdering comedy. They blame everyone but themselves because they can't get with the times. They look down on people and punch down constantly, and still manage to miss the mark. They are not down to earth, they are not relatable, and they should NOT be looked up to.

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[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

This was such a weird choice, when the GOP was already getting more Latino support than previously... Wouldn't they want to court these people? Why would they straight up insult an entire voting bloc (one that experts have said could decide the outcome) this close to an election??

I know it's most likely just racism and stupidity, but I couldn't help but think that this dude did this on purpose to get less people to vote Republican? I mean, why else would they do this?

I previously knew this dude from his name, as the guy who writes most people's (particularly non-comedians) insult jokes at Roasts. I'm kind of surprised (but not really, I believe he hangs/hung around Rogan) he's a Trump supporter given the type of material he's written in the past.

I'm not a fan of Roasts, but I'm pretty sure this dude was supposed to be considered like the best at that. At least previously.

Maybe someone who knows more about this guy can weigh in on it. It's probably just racism if I'm being real.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 20 points 4 days ago

After the 2012 loss to Obama, the RNC commissioned an investigation into what they could do better. It said, effectively, stop being racist, embrace immigrants, and ease off on abortion.

They promptly threw it in the garbage.

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[-] MashedTech@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Is that Tony of the show Kill Tony?

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